Abyss

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ABYSS WAS FOUNDED OUT OF THE RUINS OF DUTCH METAL BANDS AGGRESSOR AND HEADBANGER BACK IN NOVEMBER 1983. IN 1984 ABYSS RECORDED THEIR FIRST DEMO TAPE "A FRIGHTDAYNIGHT WITH...ABYSS" RECORDING MEMBERS WERE PETER VAN LOO (GUITAR), REMKO DE WINTER (GUITAR), RICK RITMAN (VOCALS), WIM DEN BOER (BASS) AND DIEDERIK STOEP (DRUMS). THE BAND STARTED TOURING HOLLAND AS OF MAY 1984, AND CONTINUED TO DO THAT IN VARIOUS LINE-UPS. ONLY IN 1990 THEY RECORDED THEIR SECOND DEMO, SIMPLY CALLED "ABYSS". PETER, WIM AND RICK WERE STILL IN THE BAND, JEFF VAN DONGEN (GUITAR) AND ANTON 'MEL' MAURIK (DRUMS) COMPLETED THE BAND. IN 1991 THEY RECORDED THEIR THIRD DEMO "IN PRESENT TIMES", WITH ALMOST THE SAME LINE UP, ONLY JEFF TAKING CARE OF THE VOCALS THIS TIME. THE TAPE WAS VOTED MOST WANTED ON A FAMOUS DUTCH RADIO SHOW. BECAUSE OF THIS, FINALLY SOME RECORD COMPANIES STARTED TO FOCUS ON ABYSS. THIS RESULTED IN A PRE-RECORDING IN ROTENMEER-HAMBURG, GERMANY, IN THE FALL OF 1992 AND SPRING OF 1993. JUST BECAUSE OF BAD GERMAN ATTITUDE, THIS CD WAS NEVER RELEASED. SOME RECORDINGS SHOWED UP ON THE "PHRASES OF SIN" DEMO FROM 1993. ON THESE RECORDINGS DIRK BRUINENBERG WAS PLAYING DRUMS AGAIN, DOIN' MOST SONGS IN ONE TAKE. LACK OF SUCCES AND NUMEROUS BANDMEMBER CHANGES LEAD TO THE FINAL BREAK UP OF THE BAND IN MARCH 1995. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RUMOURS ABOUT A REUNION TOUR, BUT UNTIL THIS DAY THIS HAS NEVER OCCURED YET.